# The Criminal Procedure Rules 2025, Rule 32.2: Application by responsible officer or supervisor

Extent: E+W

(1) This rule applies where—
(a) the responsible officer or supervisor wants the court to—
(i) deal with a defendant for failure to comply with an order to which this Part applies, or
(ii) revoke or amend such an order; or
(b) the court considers exercising on its own initiative any power it has to—
(i) revoke or amend such an order, and
(ii) summon the defendant to attend for that purpose.
(2) Rules 7.2 to 7.4, which deal, among other things, with starting a prosecution in a magistrates’ court, apply—
(a) as if—
(i) a reference in those rules to an allegation of an offence included a reference to an allegation of failure to comply with an order to which this Part applies, and
(ii) a reference to the prosecutor included a reference to the responsible officer or supervisor; and
(b) with the necessary consequential modifications.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/909/rule/32.2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025/rule-32.2
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